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Development and Evaluation of Patient Navigation Training for Rural and Appalachian Populations
The Appalachian region of the USA includes 423 counties in 13 states positioned along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains stretching from New York...
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Patient navigation for colorectal cancer screening in deprived areas: the COLONAV cluster randomized controlled trial
BackgroundThe objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a Patient Navigation Intervention targeting deprived patients for...
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Patient Navigation for Cancer Screening and Treatment
Differences in key social determinants of health between racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, or geographic groups result in differential barriers to...
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Multi-institutional evaluation of a Pareto navigation guided automated radiotherapy planning solution for prostate cancer
BackgroundCurrent automated planning solutions are calibrated using trial and error or machine learning on historical datasets. Neither method allows...
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Argentina’s National Program for Control of Breast Cancer: Time 1, Patient Navigation, and Patient Cancer Education Experience
Argentina has the second highest mortality rate for breast cancer (BC) in South America. The age-standardized incidence of BC in Argentina is 73 per...
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Oncology Patient Navigation Training: Results of a Pilot Study in Nigeria
The purpose of this pilot study was to test the efficacy of an online navigation training designed to improve trainee confidence in performing core...
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An information management system for collecting, storing, and processing densitometric data to identify promising navigation data for medical robots
The structure of the prototype information management system developed here for collecting, storing, and processing computerized tomograms with the...
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Neural Correlates of Spatial Navigation in Primate Hippocampus
The hippocampus has been extensively implicated in spatial navigation in rodents and more recently in bats. Numerous studies have revealed that...
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Image-guided navigation for locally advanced primary and locally recurrent rectal cancer: evaluation of its early cost-effectiveness
BackgroundA first pilot study showed that an image-guided navigation system could improve resection margin rates in locally advanced (LARC) and...
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Virtual Reality and Serious Videogame-Based Instruments for Assessing Spatial Navigation in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties
Over the past decade, research using virtual reality and serious game-based instruments for assessing spatial navigation and spatial memory in...
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Task-related connectivity of decision points during spatial navigation in a schematic map
Successful navigation is largely dependent on the ability to make correct decisions at navigational decision points. However, the interaction between...
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Neurocognitive correlates of semantic memory navigation in Parkinson’s disease
Cognitive studies on Parkinson’s disease (PD) reveal abnormal semantic processing. Most research, however, fails to indicate which conceptual...
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Characterization of Surgical Tools for Specific Endovascular Navigation
PurposeThe aim of this work was to mechanically characterize a specific active guidewire and catheters that are commercially available, for further...
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An Evaluation of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Outcomes in an Education and Patient Navigation Program in Rural and Border Texas
This study examines breast and cervical cancer screening uptake in a cancer education and patient navigation (PN) program for residents of rural and...
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County-Level Poverty and Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in a Health Education and Patient Navigation Program for Rural and Border Texas Residents
The study examined the impact of (1) county-level poverty rates and (2) patient navigation on breast and cervical cancer screening outcomes for women...
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Application of a Personalized Finite Element Analysis and 3D-Printed Navigation Template in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fracture with Cannulated Screw
PurposeTo investigate the feasibility and accuracy of combining a personalized finite element analysis with 3D-printed navigation template on the...
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National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Patient Network
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in partnership with Tufts Medical Center launched the first nationwide Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patient...
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Utilizing Patient Navigators to Promote Equitable and Accountable Research
Over the past decade, studies have shown that patient navigators (PNs) are effective at hel** clinical care teams address heath care barriers and...
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The Patient Navigator: Can a systematically developed online health information tool improve patient participation and outcomes related to the consultation in older patients newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer?
BackgroundOlder cancer patients may search for health information online to prepare for their consultations. However, seeking information online can...
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Methods and Applications of 3D Patient-Specific Virtual Reconstructions in Surgery
3D modelling has been highlighted as one of the key digital technologies likely to impact surgical practice in the next decade. 3D virtual models are...